The creators, who seem to have strict formal principles, in fact often depend on improvisation.
So was the case with Andrei Tarkovsky. He reached the classical forms of "Andrei Rublev", "Mirror" and "Stalker" only after adding numerous corrections to the initial screenplays and film materials(See my book "Tarkovsky and His Time"). Robert Bresson's attitude to formal principles was more rigid, but he also depended on his intuition, which allowed him improvise in shooting.
It seems natural that Tarkovsky estimated Bresson very highly but didn't find any aesthetic value in a later film of Yasujiro Ozu that he had watched on television. For Ozu, his individual canons were above all chances. For him there was no room for improvisation.
When I made documentary films about Japanese and Russian musicians, I always felt that improvisational elements are inevitable to make them vivid and true. Some of their albums or performances seemed to me more sublime or more inspired than canonical (or mathematical?) performance of J.S.Bach by more skillful players(for example, "The Art of Fugue"played by Yuji Takahashi).
For me "KENKA"by Jack Or Jive, "SATOR"by Moon Far Away seem to be more sincere, or religious than technically excellent performance of Bach's masterpieces.
Below is some albums of those independent groups, whose music sounds sometimes very profound.
So was the case with Andrei Tarkovsky. He reached the classical forms of "Andrei Rublev", "Mirror" and "Stalker" only after adding numerous corrections to the initial screenplays and film materials(See my book "Tarkovsky and His Time"). Robert Bresson's attitude to formal principles was more rigid, but he also depended on his intuition, which allowed him improvise in shooting.
It seems natural that Tarkovsky estimated Bresson very highly but didn't find any aesthetic value in a later film of Yasujiro Ozu that he had watched on television. For Ozu, his individual canons were above all chances. For him there was no room for improvisation.
When I made documentary films about Japanese and Russian musicians, I always felt that improvisational elements are inevitable to make them vivid and true. Some of their albums or performances seemed to me more sublime or more inspired than canonical (or mathematical?) performance of J.S.Bach by more skillful players(for example, "The Art of Fugue"played by Yuji Takahashi).
For me "KENKA"by Jack Or Jive, "SATOR"by Moon Far Away seem to be more sincere, or religious than technically excellent performance of Bach's masterpieces.
Below is some albums of those independent groups, whose music sounds sometimes very profound.
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